Luperosaurus

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Unikonta
Cladus: Opisthokonta
Cladus: Holozoa
Regnum: Animalia
Subregnum: Eumetazoa
Cladus: Bilateria
Cladus: Nephrozoa
Superphylum: Deuterostomia
Phylum: Chordata
Subphylum: Vertebrata
Infraphylum: Gnathostomata
Megaclassis: Osteichthyes
Cladus: Sarcopterygii
Cladus: Rhipidistia
Cladus: Tetrapodomorpha
Cladus: Eotetrapodiformes
Cladus: Elpistostegalia
Superclassis: Tetrapoda
Cladus: Reptiliomorpha
Cladus: Amniota
Classis: Reptilia
Cladus: Eureptilia
Cladus: Romeriida
Subclassis: Diapsida
Cladus: Sauria
Infraclassis: Lepidosauromorpha
Superordo: Lepidosauria
Ordo: Squamata
Subordo: Gekkota
Infraordo: Gekkomorpha
Superfamilia: Gekkonoidea

Familia: Gekkonidae
Subfamilia: Gekkoninae
Genus: Luperosaurus
Species (13): L. angliit – L. brooksii – L. browni – L. corfieldi – L. cumingii – L. gulat – L. iskandari – L. joloensis – L. kubli – L. macgregori – L. palawanensis – L. sorok – L. yasumai
Name

Luperosaurus Gray, 1845: 163

Type species: Luperosaurus cumingii Gray, 1845, by monotypy.
References
Primary references

Gray, J.E. 1845. Catalogue of the specimens of lizards in the collection of the British Museum. Trustees of die British Museum/Edward Newman: London. xxvii + 289 pp. BHL

Additional references

Ota, H., Sengoku, S. & Hikida, T. 1996. Two New Species of Luperosaurus (Reptilia: Gekkonidae) from Borneo. Copeia 1996(2): 433–439. DOI: 10.2307/1446860 JSTOR Reference page.
Brown, R.M. & Diesmos, A.C. 2000. The lizard genus Luperosaurus: taxonomy, history, and conservation prospects for some of the world's rarest lizards. Sylvatrop 10: 107–124. Reference page.
Brown, R.M., Supriatna, J. & Ota, H. 2000. Discovery of a New Species of Luperosaurus (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from Sulawesi, with a Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genus, and Comments on the Status of Luperosaurus serraticaudus. Copeia 2000(1): 191–209. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2000)2000[0191:DOANSO]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.
Brown, R.M., Diesmos, A.C. & Duya, M.V. 2007. A new species of Luperosaurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Sierra Madre mountain range of northern Luzon Island, Philippines. Raffles Bulletin of Zoology 55(1): 153–160. Full article (PDF). Reference page.
Gaulke, M., Rösler, H. & Brown, R.M. 2007. A new species of Luperosaurus (Squamata; Gekkonidae) from Panay Island, Philippines, with comments on the taxonomic status of Luperosaurus cumingii (Gray, 1845). Copeia 2007(2): 413–425. DOI: 10.1643/0045-8511(2007)7[413:ANSOLS]2.0.CO;2 Reference page.
Das, I., Lakim, M. & Kandaung, P. 2008. New species of Luperosaurus (Squamata: Gekkonidae) from the Crocker Range Park, Sabah, Malaysia (Borneo). Zootaxa 1719: 53–60. Abstract & excerpt. Reference page.
Brown, R.M., Diesmos, A.C., Duya, M.V., Garcia, H.J.D. & Rico, E.L.B. 2010. A new forest gecko (Squamata; Gekkonidae; Genus Luperosaurus) from Mt. Mantalingajan, southern Palawan Island, Philippines. Journal of Herpetology 44(1): 37–48. DOI: 10.1670/08-316.1 Reference page.
Brown, R.M., Diesmos, A.C. & Oliveros, C.H. 2011. A new flap-legged forest gecko (Genus Luperosaurus) from the northeastern Philippines. Journal of Herpetology 45(2): 202–210. DOI: 10.1670/10-123.1 Reference page.

Luperosaurus is a genus of lizards, commonly known as camouflage geckos,[2] fringed geckos, wolf geckos,[3] and flap-legged geckos, in the family Gekkonidae. The genus is native to Southeast Asia.

Geographic range

Species in the genus Luperosaurus are found in the Southeast Asian mainland and archipelago, extending from the Malay Peninsula, through the Philippines and Indonesia.
Description

These are small geckos, characterized by the flaps of skin on the front and rear of their limbs and sometimes, along their bodies.
Taxonomy

The original spelling intended was Lyperosaurus (= vexing gecko), for possessing characters from two different genera known to John Edward Gray, who named the genus. Most species of Lupersaurus are known from one or a few specimens.
Behavior

Members of the genus Luperosaurus are presumably highly arboreal.
Species

The following 9 species are recognized as being valid.[3]

Luperosaurus angliit R.M. Brown, Diesmos & Oliveros, 2011
Luperosaurus brooksii (Boulenger, 1920) – Brooks's wolf gecko, Brooks's fringed gecko[4]
Luperosaurus corfieldi Gaulke, Rösler & R.M. Brown, 2007 – Corfield's fringed gecko[4]
Luperosaurus cumingii Gray, 1845 – Philippine fringed gecko, Philippine wolf gecko, Cuming's flap-legged gecko[4]
Luperosaurus joloensis Taylor, 1918 – Taylor's wolf gecko, Jolo flapped-legged gecko, Taylor's fringed gecko[4]
Luperosaurus kubli R.M. Brown, Diesmos & M.V. Duya, 2007
Luperosaurus macgregori Stejneger, 1907 – MacGregor's wolf gecko, McGregor's flapped-legged gecko, MacGregor's fringed gecko[4]
Luperosaurus palawanensis W.C. Brown & Alcala, 1978 – Palawan wolf gecko, Palawan flapped-legged gecko
Luperosaurus yasumai Ota, Sengoku & Hikida, 1996 – Yasuma's fringed gecko[4]

Nota bene: A binomial authority in parentheses indicates that the species was originally described in a genus other than Luperosaurus.
References

"Luperosaurus ". Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS). www.itis.gov.
Das I (2006). A Photographic Guide to Snakes and other Reptiles of Borneo. Sanibel Island, Florida: Ralph Curtis Books. 144 pp. ISBN 0-88359-061-1. (Genus Luperosaurus, pp. 103-104),
Genus Luperosaurus at The Reptile Database www.reptile-database.org.

Beolens, Bo; Watkins, Michael; Grayson, Michael (2011). The Eponym Dictionary of Reptiles. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press. xiii + 296 pp. ISBN 978-1-4214-0135-5. (Luperosaurus brooksii, p. 40; L. browni, p. 40; L. corfieldi, p. 59; L. cumingi, p. 62; L. iskandari, p. 131; L. joloensis, p. 261; L. macgregori, p. 164; L. yasumai, p. 292).